Let's first look at a phenomenon: Liu Bang is a person who is similar to a street gangster, how can he let so many capable people use him; Zhu Yuanzhang's culture is not high, why can Liu Boyi contribute to him; Liu Bei does not have much ability, why is Zhuge Liang loyal to him?
There is a common truth in this, that is, those who are masters must be good at grasping people's hearts and have a strong appeal, otherwise it is impossible to achieve a great cause. Of course, being able to be handsome and having great talent is the most ideal, such as Cao Cao is such a person. But it is impossible for most human masters to have both. With such a premise, let's analyze why Zhuge Liang did not stand on his own, and it should be much clearer to assist Liu Bei.
First, Zhuge Liang has no connections
1. Family changes. Zhuge Liang's father died early, with his uncle arrived in Jingzhou, the uncle is only a petty official, Zhuge Liang himself only has brothers and sisters, and are young, although later Zhuge Liang's brothers and sisters are married to the children of local tycoons, but after all, it is a foreigner, there is no direct influence. On the other hand, although Liu Bei's family is poor, he is after all a descendant of the imperial family, as long as this name is mentioned, there will still be people who are envious, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei follow Liu Bei, and Liu Bei's identity also has a lot to do with Liu Bei's identity, and the rise of Liu Bei's status in the later period is also importantly related to his identity.
2. Self-factors. Zhuge Liang was good at reading and liked to communicate with learned people, which limited Zhuge Liang's circle to a niche area, and the literati at that time would never interact with the vast number of grass-roots people, nor would they associate with the people of Kong Wu. On the other hand, the Yellow Turban Uprising soon developed into millions of people, although Zhang Jiao used superstitious elements to attract the people, but mainly Zhang Jiao lived at the bottom and had extensive contacts with the broad masses of the people, Chairman Mao Zedong once said: The great power of war is buried in the broad masses of the people. If we cannot mobilize the broad masses of the people, we will not be able to achieve hegemony. Therefore, Zhuge Liang's social circle determines that he cannot succeed in starting a business alone.
Second, Zhuge Liang had no martial arts
1. Zhuge Liang was a standard literati. It can be said that there is no power to tie the chicken, such a person you let him charge into the battle, less than three rounds will inevitably die. So he could only come up with advice. And Liu Bei has martial arts, when the three Heroes fought Lü Bu, there was a copy of Liu Bei, from here it can be seen that Liu Bei dared to fight Lü Bu, and his martial arts can not be underestimated, but Liu Bei is relatively low-key. Therefore, Liu Bei was able to unite the military generals with martial arts, and he could also win over the wenchen with benevolence. Cao Cao could also go into battle, and on several occasions he personally charged. Sun Quan is also bold. Therefore, the ancients had a saying: "Xiucai rebelled, three years will not succeed", Lu You also has a poem: "A hundred useless is a student." Of course, these words are not comprehensive, but they also speak of the limitations of the literati, so from the perspective of martial strategy, Zhuge Liang also does not have the possibility of starting a business alone.
2, Zhuge Liang is harsh in doing things. Zhuge Liang's style of doing things is serious, striving for perfection, which is of course the attitude that should be treated for work, but the pursuit of perfection in everything will inevitably bring stereotypes, and most people do not like the style of doing things, they prefer to be more free and less demanding, so people who do things seriously must not have many friends, because people can't stand the almost harsh requirements. There are not many friends, not to mention that everyone will like you, although Zhuge Liang's reputation in the later period is loud and his prestige in the military is very high, but if you let the people below voluntarily take sides, I am afraid that there will not be too many people under his command.
Third, Zhuge Liang has no money pulse
1. Zhuge Liang half ploughed and half read before he came out of the mountain. Living a life similar to that of a peasant, presumably his material conditions were very unoptimistic. At that time, there was no money how to pull up the team, Liu Bei relied on Zhang Fei's family business and the donation of businessmen, and only then did he have the capital to pull the team. As for Zhuge Liang, it can be said that he does not have much spare money in his pocket. Just like starting a business now, you can't talk about starting a business without funds, whether you have your own funds or financing, only if you have money in your hands can you start your career. Zhuge Liang did not have the financial resources to support the team.
2, Zhuge Liang's father-in-law was a local rich man, but Jingzhou was in a period of peace at that time, Jingzhou under Liu Biao's rule was mainly self-preservation, so the local people and scholars lived a relatively stable life, let go of a rich life, but took out all their belongings to support Zhuge Liang to participate in the struggle for hegemony, this is a risky move, I am afraid that Zhuge Liang's father-in-law at that time did not dare to have such a thought, Zhuge Liang himself did not have such an idea. Zhuge Liang is a very self-respecting person, his wife's family is a rich family, but Zhuge Liang still lives a half-farming and half-reading life, he can completely rely on the economy of his wife's family to support himself, and will live very well, but Zhuge Liang did not rely on his father-in-law, this is the backbone shown by Zhuge Liang, and it is also the discipline of ancient Chinese literati. Therefore, Zhuge Liang has no channels to raise funds, so it is impossible to talk about the self-pulling team.
Fourth, Zhuge Liang came of age late, and the time had passed
1. Lack of space. When Zhuge Liang came out of the mountains, Cao Cao had basically unified the north, the trend of the world had become clear, Cao Cao occupied two-thirds of China, at this time the space for pulling the team was already very small, Liu Bei later only got Jingzhou and Yizhou, and then if he wanted to get the territory, he had to take food from the mouths of Cao Cao and Sun Quan, which was very difficult, Cao Cao had formed a big climate, and Zhuge Liang also admitted that he could not confront Cao Cao. And Sun Quan defended according to the danger of the river, and it was not easy to break through. Then the room for Zhuge Liang to maneuver is very small.
2. The opponent facing is strong. Cao Cao had millions of men and horses, thousands of warriors, and strategists like clouds. There was also the trump card of Tianzi, and Cao Cao's deep knowledge of the art of war, which was developed from one war after another, and his own great talent plus the experience of dozens of large and small battles was not something that Zhuge Liang could easily defeat. Sun Quan's three generations of governance of Jiangdong, the people's hearts have been attached, to take Jiangdong is not an overnight thing, not to mention Zhuge Liang to remember things, he must first lay a good foundation, such as recruitment, training, support, generals, etc. must be equipped with strength, before they can compete, this time Cao Cao will not let Zhuge Liang slowly prepare, after Liu Bei took Yizhou, then Cao Cao was ready to attack Liu Bei, if it were not for Cao Cao's defeat of Chibi, Liu Bei's ability to gain a foothold in Yizhou is a problem.
Therefore, in summary, Zhuge Liang could not establish his own political power, and could only work for Liu Bei.